Many agents and editors use M.F.A. programs as resources for finding new talent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
So, you've written your book. Now what? Find out with 'Publishing 101,' a new ebook from 'Publishers Weekly' that offers a no-nonsense perspective on how publishing works, and what writers can do to make their own projects take off. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edward St Aubyn has won the fifteenth Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for his satire on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
As part of a comprehensive effort by Italy’s Ministry for Economic Development (MSE) and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) to give more international exposure to small- and medium-sized companies in the country’s south, ITA’s publishing taskforce is organizing Voices from the South, an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, a forgotten masterpiece, a real-life James Bond, and an early Geoff Dyer novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is hosting a virtual romance festival, with contributions from fellow publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is “no scope” to change the 20% VAT rate on ebooks, the UK government said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you liked the old Phaidon, the formerly U.K.-based illustrated book publisher—known for lavishly produced books on contemporary art, design, food, and architecture—then you’ll love the new Phaidon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Preliminary sales estimates from the Association of American Publishers StatShot program showed that sales of digital downloads of audiobooks rose about 18% in 2013, while sales of physical audio were about even with 2012, a trend that is in keeping with what has been happening with physical and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Addressing author concerns about the timeliness of royalty payments, the erotic romance publisher Ellora’s Cave blamed the problems on new accounting software. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Community groups in Nottinghamshire are being invited to come forward to discuss running... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Consumer brand licence company Entertainment One Licensing (eOne) is opening an office in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Somerset-based printer Butler Tanner & Dennis Ltd has entered administration due to “... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want platform that offers bundled digital content and supports charities, is teaming with another comics publisher, IDW Publishing, to offer an all-graphic novel bundle of digital Dr. Who comics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cookbooks sell strongly year-round at Arcadia Books in Spring Green, Wis. – no surprise, perhaps, since a locally sourced kitchen and cafe are central to the store's identity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has created a consumer marketing development and operations group which will be led by Amanda Close. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A one-day sale at the popular children's bookstore in Carpinteria, Calif. will precede its unexpected closing on June 30 Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Duggan, currently v-p, executive editor at HarperCollins, is heading to Crown to lead his own eponymous imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Audiobook publisher W F Howes has expanded its publishing range following the acquisition of US... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Megan Lynch has been named editorial director at Ecco, succeeding Lee Boudreaux who recently decamped the HarperCollins imprint to oversee her own unit at Hachette. Lynch, who was a senior editor at Riverhead, will start at HC on May 28. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]